Fender.



lG. H. WEGNER. FENDER. APPLICATION FILED 11111.13, 1912.

Patented Deol` 10, 1912.

UNITED STATES PATENT oEErcE.

cHARLEs H. WEGNER., or BALTIMORE, MARELAND, AssIGNonor ONE-THIRD To HENRY F. sLEEPAcx AND ONE-THIRD To AMELIA c. WEGNER, or BALTIMORE,

MARYLAND. I

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 10, 1912.

App1ication filed February'13, 1912. Serial No. 677,329.

To all whom 'it may concern: Y

Be it known that iI, CHARLES H. WEGNER, a citizen of the United' States of Amance,

residing in the city of Baltimore andState.

of Maryland, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fenders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention rela-tes to improvements in fenders and has particular application' to fenders for use on self-propelled vehicles, -such as automobiles and the like.

In carrying out my invention, it isA my purpose to provide a fender which shall be constructed in such manner as to enable the same to be attached to the forward axle and mud guards of the vehicle so as to present a stable and secure' structure whereby a person struck by such fender may be caught and held thereon without injury.

Furthermore, I aim to provide a fender which may be folded to facilitate storing of the vehicle.

It is also vrny'purpose to provide a fender which shall embody the desired features of simplicity, eliiciency and durability and which may be manufactured and marketed at a relatively low cost. I

W'tli the above and' other objects in View, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter set forth in and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

' In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification; Figure l is a frag- -mentary side elevation of a motor vehicle equipped with a fender constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the fender in its folded position, and 3 i's a detail perspective view of the fen r detached from the vehicle.

Similar reference characters designate like parts throughout the. several views.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, my improved fender includes a pair of spaced parallel supporting bars 1, each havin one extremity bifurcated to provide re atively long limbs 2 and 3, salidlimbs being disposed in dilferent planes and the lower limb 2 is connected to the forward axle of the vehicle, as at 4, while the upper limb 3 is connected to the forward port1on of the mud guards as at 5, bolts or other suitable fastening devices being employed to fasten the limb to the mud guards, the lower limb having its free extremity turned u on itself to form an eye 6 forthe purpose ofp receiving the front axle. Each support-ing bar, as illustrated, is composed of two sections '7 andv8 hingedly connected as at 9 in' advance of the limbs2 and 3 so that the forward' sect-ions of the nie'rnbersmay be' foldedupwardly and againstv the limb3 thereof when it is desired to store the.l vehicle or when the same is notl in use. A pair of flexible straps 10 constructed of leather or the like are also fastened to the' forward ends of t-he mud ards and to the free extremities ofthe orward sections 8 of the,

supporting members so that the latter may be secure-ly 4held in operative or fender'forming position, the endof the straps permitabove set forth.

Interconnecting the supporting bars 1 immediately in advance of the forward axle of the vehicle, is a cross bar 11 having its opposite ends bifurcated and bolted or otherwisel secured to the lower limbs 2 of the bifurcated portions of the vsupporting bars, while* ing.y is formed by means of the cross bars 11v and 1-2 and the portions of the supporting bars l'intermediate said cross bars, the crossbars and supporting bars forming the walls vting folding'ofthesupporting members as i,

of such opening. To these walls is fastened in any suit-ablemanner a flexible covering 15 constructed of canvas or the' like and designed to receive a person when struck by the forward cross bar 12 of the'fender.

From the above description taken in connection with the accpmpanying drawing, the construction and mode of operation ofthe present invention will be readily understood and while I have herein shown and described one form of my-invention, by way of illustration', I desire'to have it understood that I do notlimit myself toall ofthe details of v construction herein described and delineated the axle in advance of the axle, a second cross bar, and a flexible covering carried by said supporting bars and cross bars.

2. The combination With a vehicle, of a fender comprising spaced parallel supporting bars having bifurcated portions forming limbs connected to the axle and mud guards of the vehicle, respectively, said supporting bars comprising hingedly connected sections whereby the fender may be folded,

across bar interconnecting the limbs connected to the axle forwardly of the axle, a second cross barv interconnecting said supy porting-bars at the forward extremities thereof, and a flexible covering carried by said supporting bars and cross bars.

3. The combination with a vehicle, `of fender comprising spaced parallel support- `mg bars having bifurcated Vport-ions forming limbsco'nnected to the axle and mud '1 nected to the axle forwardly of such axle, a

second cross bar interconnecting said supporting bars at the forward extremities thereof, and flexible straps connecting the forward extremities of saidsupporting bars and the mud guards.

'4. Thecombination with a vehicle, of a fender comprising spaced parallel supporting bars, connections bet-Ween said bars and mud guards and axle of the vehicle, respectively, a cross bar interconnecting said supporting bars forwardly of the axle, a second .cross bar interconnecting said supporting bars at the forward extremities thereof and forming with the first-mentioned cross bar and supporting bars a square opening, and Y a flexlble covering carried by sald support-` ing bars andcross bars for said openinO'.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES H. VVEGNER. Witnesses:

HENRY F. SLEPAGK, AMELIA C. VEGNER.

Uopes of this patent' may be obtained for five centseaeh, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, I). C. 

